6H: I'm back with chapter 14!!! Hope you all liked the last chapter!
Anaretsu: I'm sure they were thrilled.
6H: Yeah, yeah. Well, now I get to have some fun. So many cool plot twists I get to write, and so much sadness coming up in later chapters. Well, here's chapter 14.
Wind~By The Six of Hearts
Chapter 14~The Vacation Begins in Mysterious Ways
They all hopped out of thecar and went around back to gather their things. It had been a four and a half hour car ride, but it was worth it. The sky was a deep blue shade, and the ocean was a clear aquamarine. Tidus ran over to the edge of the parking lot they were stopped in. It was a sheer drop off to the ocean below.
"Whoa. This is so awsome!" he yelled.
"Tidus! Get back here or my dad is driving your suitcase back home!" Selphie yelled to him. He ran furiously back to the car.
"Have fun kids! See you in two weeks!" Sel's dad called from the driver's seat. Selphie gave her dad one last hug, and then he was off. They all waved and shouted their thank you's, and then proceeded to walk into the resort. They had been dropped off in front of an arch that had the symbol and name of the place on it. They all proceeded to walk on the path. The path exteneded over a river that came in from the ocean, and then went into the city. Just as Yuffie had said, it was like a small city, all contained in this resort. They all gazed around at all the sights to see and then came to the resitration building. Sel went to tkae care of things at the main desk while the others sat down in the lobby. A small water fall echoed throughout the room and there were many plants everywhere. Soe birds freely flew about the building.
"Wow. This place is extreme." Riku commented, sitting down on a couch.
"I need sugar! I'm runnign low! AH!" Yuffie screamed. Kairi tried to calm her down, without any luck. Fourtunatly, Sel came back with the keys to their condos.
"They're right on the beach-#44 and 45. The boys can have 45." she said, throwing the key to Leon, who caught it just barely. They proceeded to walk out the doors of the building and onto the beach. The beach was huge. Palm trees stood between the small wooden houses that served as lodging. They walked down the shore to find theirs. The two were right next to each other. The girls and boys split up and walked into their respective houses.
Inside, it was like an apartment. They first took off their shoes in front of the door, which was a step lower than the rest of the house. The front door was a screen door that swung open. Tere were large windows all around the room with colorful curtains. All the rooms were open to each other. They had a small white kitchen with an island for eating at and five tall stools. In the back was a lving room with a TV and a small porch under the shade of the palm tree next to them. Across from the kitchen were the beds, each with colorful pillows and sheets. The bathroom was in the back corner, and was decorated in greens and yellows, to make it look like a bamboo forest.
"Wow...this is so neat!" Yuffie said, running in and jumping onto the nearest bed. "It's so soft!"
"That's my bed!" Sel cried, walking over to where Yuffie was laying.
"There's another one." Yuffie dully replied. Kairi started to put her clothes away in an amoire.
"Dos it really matter, guys?" she asked.
"Yes." they both said at the same time. Kairi laughed.
"Whatever. I'm going to get changed. We should get out to the beach now!" She grabbed her swimsuit and ran into the bathroom. The other two girls coninued their fight, and were still going at it when Kairi emerged. Now, though ,the course of the argument had changed. Kairi shook her head.
"You guys..." she said. She walked towards the door to slip on her sneakers and then went outside. Covering her eyes to black out the sun, she headed over to the boy's house, some ten feet away. Kairi wore a purple two peice swim suit, and a long purple cover up that ties around her waist at the side and flowed down to her ankles. She knew her friends, espically Tidus, so she knew better than to walk over there and NOT be prepared for gapeding and aweing. She walked up the font steps and kncoked on the door. There was a comotion going on inside, Kairi could hear alot of movment. Eventually, Sora anwsered the door.
"Hey, Kairi." he said. "Nice outfit!"
"Thanks. You guys coming out anytime soon?"
"I am and Riku's coming...I think. It's kind of chaotic in there. There's only five beds, so they're arguing over who gets them."
"Shouldn't you stay? You don't want to lose your spot."
"I've got mine claimed, and so does Cloud." He said, turning back to look inside. Loud noises could still be heard.
"I shall fight you for it!" Riku could be heard inside.
"Bring it, white hair!" Tidus yelled back.
"IT'S SILVER!!!!!" Riku yelled. The two flinched at the crashing noises.
"I'm definitly safer out here." Sora said, stepping outside. "Let's claim a spot for all of us on the beach, and then we can do whatever." Kairi nodded, and the two walked down to where the lounging beach chairs were set up. They drapped their stuff over three of them.
"That should be good. We can always drag over more it we need it." Kairi said. She kicked off her shoes and untied her cover up, folding it and placing it on a chair with her towel. "I'm going swiming. Wanna come?"
"Okay." he said, taking off his tee shirt. The two raced down to the cool blue water. Sora dove right in-the water didn't phase him at all. He popped back out from under the water and looked back at Kairi. "What is it?"
"It's cold." she said.He rolled his eyes.
"Girls."
"It is! How can you stand it?"
"Watch!" he dove under the water. Kairi lost sight of him, and sighed. Just then, she fel something grab her ankle and pull her in.
"Ekkk!" she screech, as she fell under the water. Splash! She came up for air and found Sora laugh hystericly.
"You should've seen your face!!" he said between gasps.
"Oh yeah?" she splashed him with all the water she could gather. He shook his head to try to get the water out of his ears. "Take that!"
"I can do that too!" he said slyly and splashed her back. Soon they had a pretty entertaining fight on their hands.
"Hey Kairi! Hey Sora!" called voices from the shore. There were Selphie and Yuffie. Selphie wore an orange one peice suit, while Yuffie wore a dark green bikini and her usual orange headband that never left her head. Kairi waved at the girls.
"Hey guys! Come on in!" she said.
Back on shore, the other guys emerged from the hut, slightly beaten up from their antics. In the end, Wakka had ended up on the couch. He grumbled under his breath while the others grinned triumphantly. They headed over to where the seats had been saved for them. Yuffie and Sel were already there, and Kairi and Sora had been their earlier. Now the beach was filling up with the other guests and residents.
"Hey girls!" Tidus called. Yuffie rolled her eyes.
"Just don't do anything peverted, Tidus!" Yuffie yelled back. Selphie giggled.
"Geez, Tidus!" Riku said. "You're giving us all a bad rep!"
"I know." Tidus laughed. Cloud, being as silent as always and dressed in his usual black attire, sat on one of the chairs, under an umbrella so his pale skin wouldn't burn. This was not a matter of him looking good- it was a matter of comfort to him. The other guys rolled their eyes at theif silent, bad-tempered friend.
"We're going swiming. What about you guys?" Selphie asked.
"I think I'm gonna write up a few plans, yah. I'm getting some good ideas..." Wakka took out his note pad and a pencil.
"I think I going surfing. I'll catch you guys later." Tidus said, walking off. Riku and Leon sat down on the last empty chair.
"We'll stay here. Go have fun girls." Riku said.
"Yeah, we'll see you later." Leon said.
"Do you want me to keep you company, Leon?" Yuffie asked, but Selphie dragged her away. "Bye Leon!! I'll be back later!!" She called. Leon sighed. That girl was WAY too much. Riku sighed as well, but his thoughts were somewhere else. He looking down onto the waater to see Kairi and Sora laughing a splashing each other. He knew that neither one of them knew it or would admit it, but they loved each other and they belonged together. Although he was happy Kairi had someone like that, he also wished he could have a someone too.
That's when all his prayers were anwsered, for a vollyball went astray, hitting him in the head. The white ball rolled onto the ground, few feet from where he sat. He walked over and picked it up.
"Sorry about that!" a girlish voice said. He looked up to see a tan girl with blonde hair in a ponytail, brown eyes staring into his ice ones, and a small yellow bikini. Her friends sat ten feet away, calling out her name.
"Hey, Rikku!!" they called. The girl turned around.
"It's okay!!!" She told them. "I didn't hurt him!" She turned back to the perplexed boy. "You are okay, right? Sorry about that again. I really need to work on my aim."
"Uh yea...You're name...is Riku?"
"Yup, I'm Rikku! What's your name?"
"Riku."
"You're kidding! That's so freaky! We have the SAME name!" she laughed. That top was just a bit too small for her, Riku could tell. "How do you spell it?"
"My name? R-I-K-U. Why?"
"I see. I have two K's. Still, it's so freaky. At least we don't look alike! That's would be scary!!" she said,laughing all the while. Riku smiled. She was nice, if not a bit querky. But querks were fine. Yuffie was full of them. "Are those your friends over there?" she asked. He looked behind him. Even Cloud was watching with interest.
"Yeah. Although some of them went of somewhere."
"Well, call those guys over. You all can meet my friends over there!" she said, smiling. Riku was puzzled by her meanings, but he got the guys to come over. They followed Rikku to her friends. There were three other girls sitting in chairs. "Okay everyone, this one right here," Rikku said, motioning to a girl with dark brown hair that hung past her shoulders, "is Rinoa. That serious one next to her is Lulu." Lulu looked over her sunglasses at them. She had long black hair that went ot her waist. "And finally, this is Aerith!" She said, and a red haired girl with a bow waved back at them
"It's great to meet you all." Riku said. The other guys nodded, obivously taken aback by the beauty of the four girls. Riku smacked himself in the head. Rikku looked at him questioningly.
"Are you okay?" she asked. He nodded.
"Yeah. I'm fine."
"Good, because I'm ready to play volly ball! How about you guys play us? Come on girls!"
"No way. I'm not going to play some immature game." the one known as Lulu said. Rikku shook her head.
"You're no fun, Lulu!!" Rikku whined. Rinoa laughed.
"Come with us, Lulu. It'll be fun." Aerith stood up.
"Well, I'm in." she said. "These guys seem like a good chanllenge." Rinoa also stood. Lulu sighed, taking of her sunglasses.
"Fine. But just this once, and I'm not going to enjoy it." She said reluctantly. The game was on!!!
Back out to the group in the ocean, they were having fun playing in the ocean, and now were taking a time out. Sora floated on his back and watched the sky, while Kairi and the girls just sat in the shallow waters.
"This is a great vacation so far!" Selphie said. "I wonder what the guys are doing?"
"They most be awfully bored just sitting around and doing nothing." Yuffie said, tracing shapes in the water.
"Are you kidding? Cloud lives to do nothing!" she joked. Kairi said nothing but just stared at the vast ocean. It was so huge and extended forever. In a way it seemed so sad, and empty. She was shaken out of her thoughts when Yuffie and Sel got up to leave.
"We're going to dry out. Okay, Kairi?"
"Yeah. I'll just stay here." she said. The two girls walked back up to the chairs that had their stuff. Sora came into the shallow water with her.
"Where are the others going?" he asked.
"They're going to dry off." she said.
"That sounds like a good idea. Besides, it almost time for lunch." he said, standing up. He reached his hand down to Kairi. "Coming?"
"Yeah." She took his hand and he helped her up. The two walked up the shore together, but when they got back to the chairs found that only Sel and Yuffie were there. "Where are the guys?" she asked.
"They disapeared. Must've gone off somewhere." Sel said. Yuffie was mopeing.
"I wanted to see Leon..." she whined. Sora and Kairi laughed.
"If you don't stop being so obessed then my cousin will think you're stalking him!" sora sat down on another chair and proceeded to dry out his hair with his towel. Kairi drapped her own towel around her shoulders and watched him.
'Well...' she began to thinking. 'He is...sort of...no, I shouldn't think that! Sora's my friend, and JUST that!' She said, but she couldn't help but watch him. 'Alright...he is cute, I'll admit him. Not that I like him like that.' He grabbed his shirt and pulled it over his head, then brushed it off and straightened it. That's when they heard what sounded like Riku. They all turned, breaking out of their own thoughts to see Riku and the guys playing volley ball with four gorgeous girls.
"So they DID run off with girls! It figures!!" Sel yelled.
"Leon! I'll be back guys!!" Yuffie said, jumping up out of her seat. The others followed behind her as she skipped off.
"You guys!" Sel yelled as the reached the court.
"Hey, Selphie." Riku said. "We've made some new friends. This is Rikku-"
"-with two k's!!!"
"Right, Rikku, Lulu, Rinoa, and Aerith." Sel did not look pleased.
"Friends? Are you sure that's all they are?" she asked, annoyed. Riku got a puzzled look on his face.
"Don't get bent out of shape, Selphie. Hey, why don't you guys join the game. Two on each side?"
"Sounds cool. Hey, me and Kairi will go on this team here, and Yuffie and Selphie can go with the girls. That okay, Kairi?" Sora asked. She nodded, smiling happily.
"But I-!"
"Come on Yuffie!"
As the game progressed, so did the new friendship. Sel lightened up, And Yuffie seemed happy, even though she wasn't on the same team as Leon. Soon it was late afternoon and they were all starving.
"Hey, let's get lunch!" Rinoa said. "I know this really great place in the city."
"Sounds good, Rinni!" Rikku said, using her nickname for her friend.
"Why don't we all head over there together?" Leon suggested. Aerith nodded.
"That sounds good. How about we all meet in front of the main building, where the regsitration desk is?" They all agreed to her plan. The groups seperated and began to head back to their condos.
"Hey you guys! Where did Tidus go?" Kairi asked, worried.
"He said he went surfing. Maybe one of us should look for him." Wakka said. Kairi ran back to the beach. "Kairi wait!! It's danger-"
"I have my cell phone on!!" she said, showing them the silver phone as she ran. The others sighed and shook their heads befor going to their respective houses. Kairi ran across the gold sands, looking for the hyperactive boy when she found him, sitting on the beach, wet for the ocean. He was all the way on the other end of the beach."Tidus!!" she called. She ran up to him and looked down at him, his face hidden. "Tidus? We're going to lunch with a group of girls we met on the beach. I just came to get you."
"Oh, hey Kairi. I guess I lost track of time. I just finished swimming."
"I thought you went surfing?"
"I did that before."
"Oh."
"Wait, what did you say?"
"We're going out to lunch with a group of girls we met on the beach."
"Oh. Sounds good!"
"Is something wrong?" She asked as the two walked back across the beach. He looked over to her big blue eyes, which were filled with concern and understanding.
"....No. Nothing's wrong at all.Are you doing okay, Kairi?"
"Yes, I'm fine. "
"Is there any reason you ask?"
"You just seemed kind of depressed."
"Nope! Just tired. That's all. So where are we going?"
"To lunch with a group of girls."
"I see. Yeah, sometimes tired people seem depressed, but I'm just tired, so don't worry about it Kairi. You have enough to worry about with your...yeah, so...yeah. Doesn't it ever get you down?"
"My power?" she looked at him strangly.
"Yeah...you ever wish you didn't have it?"
"Oh yeah. All the time. I wish I was just a normal kid alot. But it's those small moments, like when I bring a small animal or a plant back to life, that I'm really grateful. It's good to know that I can give these creatures another chance." Tidus looked down at the ground in thought.
Finall he asked, "What are we doing, again?"
"Going out to lunch..."
"With a group of girls! Got it!" he said. He walked up the stairs of the boy's house. "Later, Kairi." She waved goodbye. Tidus seemed preocupied. He was always really good at remebering things- rumor had it he could remeber things back to when he was one year old. But today...he just seemed out of it.She walked to her own dwelling and kicked of her shoes.
"You find him?" Yuffie asked, getting a pair of clean socks on. Kairi nodded.
"Yeah. He seems kind of weird though."
"Tidus is always weird!" Kairi shook her head.
"That's not what I meant."
"Kairi's back?" Sel came from the living room, brushing her hair. "Hey, so you found him."
"Yup. I'm gonna take a shower now, okay?" She went to her amoire and took out an outfit. Then, she walked to the bathroom. Making sure none of the guys were trying to look in the window, she shed her swimsuit and hoped into the warm drizzle coming from the shower. The water rolled down her red locks and her pale skin. And then she got this feeling that things were gonna change big between the group. She could already see the changes. Tidus was starting to calm down and something was bothering him. But changes came as you got older.
~Don't try to live so wise.
Don't cry, cause you're so right.
Don't dry with fakes or fears,
Cause you will hate yourself in the end.~
END Chapter 14-----------------
6H: Hope that was long enough for you all! Next chapter-everyone goes to the restruant, and Yuffie's getting jealous over Leon! Who could she be competed against? Find out in the next chapter!
Anaretsu: Or you could just keep guessing until your brains explode.
6H: Anarestu!!!
Anaretsu: What?